[430] 1 Cor 1:26-31;Ps 33:12-13, 18-19, 20-21; Matt 25:14-30.
Hours of the day.
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Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Optional
Anniversary:
195th anniversary of the death of F. Henry Corten (66) d. 1903 at Dunbrody, RSA.
Anniversary:
147th anniversary of the death of P. Gilbert Binns (65) d. 1951 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1534
Ignatius and six companions – Pierre Faber, Francis Xavier, Diego Laynez, Simão Rodriguez, Alonso Salmerón, Nicolás Bobadilla – took their first vows at a Mass celebrated by Faber at Montmartre in Paris.
1556
On the banks of the St. Lawrence River, Leonard Garreau, a young Jesusit missionary, was mortally wounded by the Iroquois.
1591
Gregory XIV by his Brief, Exponi nobis, canceled Sixtus V's decree whereby novices could only be admitted at the General or Provincial Congregation.
1615
At Paris died Etiene Pasquier, jurist, a bitter enemy of the Society. His Catechisme des Jesuites equals in the coarseness of its invectives the violent language of Luther.
1726
At Constantinople died Father James Cachod, Apostle of the Turks’ galley-slaves, among whom were many Christian captives.
1978
Handwritten letter of Pope John Paul I to Fr. Arrupe on the availability of the Society to the service of the Church.
